Page 7 - Stiv Bators News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

97.3 KBCO | Colorado's World Class Rock, Denver / Boulder

Specializing in blues and later dabbling a bit in comedy, Fat Dawgs hosted some real legends.

We Don't Need This Fascist Groove Thing A walk through underrated protest music of decades past. The 1980s are often regarded as a time when pop music became unbearably superficial. Legend has it that MTV produced an era that was style over substance, manipulated by over-involved corporate lackeys, which is how "We Built This City" happened. While there's a kernel of truth to that assessment, the reality is far more interesting. The "greed is good" decade was an unexpected golden age of protest music where no topic was off limits, usually with a danceable beat. Musician...

Labra Brothers The Youngstown band — Adrian Labra, guitar and vocals; Cristian Labra, bass and vocals; David Labra, guitar, saxophone and vocals; Danny Svenson, keyboards; and Matt Hayes, drums — timed the vinyl release of its debut album, “Colder Weather,” to coincide with Record Store Day 2020 back in April, one of many events disrupted by COVID-19. The vinyl arrived in April, but the band’s performance at the Record Connection in McKinley Heights was pushed to August and was one of its only shows in 2020. “We are hopeful that the live music scene / gigging makes a comeback t...

, the more it dawned on me that Billie Joe, despite the p-rock trappings, is really a power-pop guy and his choice of tracks to cover really underscores where his heart is.  When I spoke with Billie Joe, he confirmed my instinct about pop and punk being more closely aligned than many might think. Billie Joe is living proof of that theorem, illustrated perfectly as he walked me through the album’s tune stack.  It only makes sense that an album catalyzed by a pandemic should kick off with “I Think We’re Alone Now.” The song, written by Ritchie Cordell and an uncredited Bo Gentry, wa...